Croatia

I have never felt so uniformed about a city’s most popular attractions than the morning I arrived at the Dubrovnik Backpackers Club (http://www.dubackpackers.com/). Instead of pointing out the usual iconic sites and stunning vistas that most hotels, hostels and tourist information stands throughout the world send you to, such as the Louvre, the Big Ben,…

At 3 am even the searing summer months of Croatia are chilly. Rolling over, I wanted to throw my alarm at the wall and keep sleeping – at least till the sun rose. Then I remembered what day it was. It was grape picking day! I rose quietly, quickly dress and headed out into the…